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BERNI-IARD ZEIILER AND HENRY ORAGER, or new YORK, NQY."

COMBINED SKIRT AND TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,998, dated June 26, 1894.

Application filed December 7,1893. Serial No. 493,062. (No model.)

"a certain new and usefulImprovement in Combined Skirt and Trousers, of which the following is a specification- The object of our invention is a combination garment for ladies wear which shall present the appearance of the ordinary skirt worn by ladies, while at the same time will have combined therewith a pair of trousers, adapting the garment to be worn for bicycle and horseback riding as well as for general wear.

The garment is particularly well adapted for children and for street Wear in inclement weather.

The garment can be made of any desired fabric and the skirt cut in the prevailing mode, the trousers being of the same material and made integral with the skirt.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 shows the skirt as worn, partly open at the top and raised at the bottom so as to expose the trousers beneath. Fig. 2 is the pattern of a breadth of the front of the garment. Fig. 3 1s a pattern of a breadth of the back of the garment. Fig. 4 is a diagram in the nature of a sectional plan showing where the parts are sewed together. p

The skirt of our combined garment is made up of as many breadths of goods as is required by taste or style. In the drawings we have illustrated the skirt as being made up of four breadths, two for the front'of the skirt and two for the back, although if the goods were Wide enough but one breadth need be used for the front and one forthe back. The trouser portion of the garment we have also illustrated as being made up of four breadths, two breadths being employed for the front portion of the trousers and two for the back, although but asi'ngle breadth may be used for each trouser leg.

a, a, are the front breadths united, as shown in Fig. 4, by seam 00'. v

ta' a, are the rear breadths united by seama a:

b, b, are breadths which form one half of the trouser legs; I), b, are breadths which form the other half.

The configuration of the breadths a and a is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 respectively.

The configuration of the breadths b is shown in Fig. 2, and the configuration of the breadth b, at Fig. 3. I

The breadth a of the skirt and the breadth b of the trouser leg are united along the seam 0'0 The breadth b is then arranged relative to the breadth a, as shown in Fig. 4, a portion of it along the broken line m m Fig. 2, being folded back as shown in said figure in dotted lines and also diagrammatically in Fig. 4. The breadths a and b are united along the seam m and the breadth b is then arranged relative to the breadth a as is the breadth b to the breadth a, a portion thereof being folded on the broken line w", m", Fig. 3, the folded position being shown in the same figure in dotted lines. What we have termed the folded portions of the breadths b and b are then united by seams, shown at 0/: Fig. 4, along the lines 00 The garment is then completed by tacking or sewing the portions a, a, and a, a, together along the lines 00 a It will be observed that the breadths a, a, a, a, constitute the back and front portions of the skirt, which resembles in many respects other forms of skirt now in use; that the breadths b, b,b', b, when united together,

as described, constitute enveloping portions which are concealed by the skirt proper; and that the folded portions of such breadths b, b, b, b compose trouser leg portions, which in turn are concealed by such enveloping portions. These enveloping portions, in addition to concealing the trouser-leg portions,

serve the purpose of the ordinary underskirts which are now worn and which of course could not be used with combined garments of this character. By securing the trouserleg portions to such enveloping portions at the inner seam thereof, the movement of the trouser-leg portions while walking will not be discernible from the outside of the skirt, as is now the case with many varieties of combined garments. In practice we prefer to make the waist band of the trouser-por- ICO tion separate from the waist band of the skirt, 7

whereby the bodice ofthe garment maybe buttoned or otherwise secured to the trousers portion and the waist-band of the skirt may then be secured around the waist of the wearer so as to conceal the connection between the bodice and the waist band of the trousers.

In Fig. 1, we haveshown a cord 0, which is run along the innerside of the skirt, through rings, which may be used to lift the skirt, as shown in the said figure.

We have confined ourselves to a description of the main features of our garment, the

details of manufacture being well understood skirt portions, said skirt portions at their opposite sides being folded inwardly and then by those in the art.

What we claim is- 1. A garment, comprising a skirt, two enveloping portions within the skirt and secured to the same, and a trouser leg portion sewed in each enveloping portion, substantially as described.

2. A garment, comprising askirt, two trouser-leg portions, the outer line of the trouserleg portions being entirely separated from the-skirt, an enveloping portion for each trouser-leg portion made integral with the skirt, the inner seams of said enveloping portions,

forming the inner seams of said trouser-leg portions, substantially as described,

3. A garment, comprising a skirt composed of front and back portions and trousers having a waste band separate from the waist band of the skirt, each trouser leg being connected with and concealed by an enveloping portion and each enveloping portion being secured to and concealed by the front and back portions of the skirt, substantially as described.

4. A garment comprising front and back outwardly, whereby double trouser-leg portions are formed, said trouser-leg portions be ing united at the inner leg seams, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of September, 1893.

BERNIIARD ZELLER. HENRY GRAGER. \Vitnesses:

EUGENE CONRAN, GEO. B. CnoNK. 

